What Makes an Act a Pretense One? Young Children’s Pretend-Real Judgments and Explanations

Table 1

Categories of reported cues.

Category	Subcategory	Examples	Variable name
Movement	Appropriate	She was really swallowing; the way her chin moved indicated real chewing	aMovement
	Variant	Exaggerated or too fast movement	vMovement
Content	Present	Food in the bowl; cup has weight	aContent
	Absent	There’s no real food; cup has no weight	vContent
Sound/noise	Appropriate	Snack-related sounds	aSound
	Variant	Pretend or exaggerated sound effects	vSound
General impression	Appropriate	It looked real or convincing	aGeneral
	Variant	It looked pretend or fake; overacting	vGeneral
Other	—	Adult: facial expressions, voice, interaction with the child, and coordination of movements; Child: desires and intent	—